John Olive (rugby league)

John Olive

Personal information
Born	(1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 28) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015 South Sydney 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Gold Coast Titans 9 2 0 0 8 2018–19 Canterbury Bulldogs 3 1 0 0 4 Total 13 3 0 0 12
Source: [1] As of 12 May 2019

John Olive (born 4 November 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup as a centre and on the wing.

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gold Coast Titans and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.

Background

Olive was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Samoan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the Kingsgrove Colts, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs.^{[ citation needed ]}

Playing career

Olive playing for the Rabbitohs in 2014

Early career

In 2014, Olive played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team. ^[2] In November and December 2014, he played for the Australian Schoolboys. ^[3]

2015

In 2015, Olive graduated on to South Sydney's New South Wales Cup team, the North Sydney Bears. Olive went on to play 15 games for Norths in the 2015 NSW Cup scoring 10 tries. ^{[4] [5]} In round 14 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Wests Tigers. ^{[6] [7]} On 8 July, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. ^[8] In October, he signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2017. ^[9]

2016

In February, Olive joined the Gold Coast effective immediately after being granted a release by South Sydney a year early. ^{[10] [11]}

2017

On 17 August 2017, Olive dislocated his elbow and was ruled out for the rest of the season during Gold Coast's 30-8 loss to Parramatta. ^[12] On 2 February 2018, Olive signed a two-year deal to join The Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. ^[13]

2018

Olive made his debut for Canterbury in their round 12, 14-10 loss against the Wests Tigers. ^[14] Olive spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for Canterbury and was part of the Canterbury sides which won the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and NRL State Championship competitions. ^{[15] [16]}

2019

Olive made no appearances for the Canterbury first grade team in the 2019 NRL season as he spent the entire season playing for the reserve grade team in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition. Olive's final game for the club was the elimination final against Wentworthville which ended in a 26-20 loss with Olive scoring a try in the defeat. ^[17]

On 16 September, Canterbury-Bankstown confirmed that Olive would be released by the club at the end of the season. ^[18]

2020

In early 2020, Olive signed a contract to join reigning Canterbury Cup NSW premiers Newtown. ^[19]

References

1. "John Olive - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
2. "O". Nycdatabase.org. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
3. "Robert Jennings picked for the Australian Schoolboys rugby league team". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
4. "South Sydney Rabbitohs North Sydney Bears Affiliated Players".
5. "About Us - Nsw Cup Team". Northsydneybears.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
6. "NRL 2015 - Round 14". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Late Mail: Rd 14, 2015". Rabbitohs.com.au. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
8. "PAY'S SAY: NSW Under-20s side". NSWRL.com.au. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
9. "Newcastle Gun Extends; Bulldogs Sign Exciting Centre". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
10. NRL. "Origin of a new future". Titans. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
11. Michael Carayannis (27 February 2016). "John Olive leaves South Sydney Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos snare Tevita Pangai". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
12. "Gold Coast Titans forward John Olive suffers a dislocated elbow in loss to Parramatta Eels".
13. "I was close to retirement: Greg Eastwood".
14. "Wests Tigers v Bulldogs: Cleary makes change; Klemmer starts". 22 May 2018.
15. "Bulldogs down Dolphins to win Intrust Super Championship". 30 September 2018.
16. "Woolford Stars as Bulldogs Claim ISP Premiership". 23 September 2018.
17. "Canterbury Cup NSW Finals Week Two - reports, highlights, news". NSWRL. 14 September 2019.
18. "Bulldogs farewell five players". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 16 September 2019.
19. "Jets and Dirty Reds write a new page in rugby league history". www.newtownjets.com. 18 February 2020.

External links

• Canterbury Bulldogs profile
• South Sydney Rabbitohs profile